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The leader of the country’s ruling party vowed on Thursday to oppose the opposition’s attempt to impeach President Yoon, and Han Dong-hoon, head of the People’s Power Party, said, addressing members of his party during a live-streamed meeting: “We will strive to prevent the adoption of this impeachment (proposal)”.
“I asked for the president to leave the party,” Han added, stressing that his party “is not trying to defend the unconstitutional state of emergency imposed by the president.”
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South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported that a motion to impeach President Yun was filed over his announcement to a state of emergency A plenary session of the National Assembly on Thursday, a parliamentary measure that paves the way for a vote on the proposal this week.
The proposal was presented by 190 deputies from opposition parties and one independent deputy and was submitted to the plenary session early this morning at 12:48 p.m.
According to the law, the proposal must be put to a vote within 24 to 72 hours from the day it is submitted to the public meeting.
In the motion, opposition lawmakers said Joon’s declaration of a state of emergency violated the constitution and other laws related to the principles of popular sovereignty and separation of powers.
They also claimed that the state of emergency was being violated Freedom of expression Because it puts all media and publishing under the control of the state of emergency leadership and bans strikes and protests.
Opposition parties plan to hold a vote on the proposal as soon as possible.
The proposal requires the consent of two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly.
Out of 300 members of the National Assembly, the opposition will need eight votes from the ruling People’s Power Party to pass the proposal, as the number of opposition representatives, including National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik and future lawmaker Kim Jong-min, is 192.
However, the ruling People’s Power Party decided to vote against the proposal.
If the proposal passes, Yoon’s presidential powers will be immediately suspended.